Comments on: Southern Gospel Finds at the Thrift Store

By: LeviSJ

LeviSJ — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:13:36 +0000

Just got a huge bunch of records for $40.00 at a yard sale. Among the jewels are an early recording of the Hinsons (”Lighthouse” was the only song on there written by a group member), the Calvarymen, some old Prophets albums, and some local groups (where one can oftentimes find some great original songs that have been lost to time and availability.)

By: Anonymity

Anonymity — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:38:58 +0000

I’ve found a great amount of classic Southern Gospel lps at local thrift stores, but I also find a lot at Flea Markets and junk stores like that. Our church went on a trip to the mountains and I found “The Best of the Cathedrals”, “A Cappella” by GVB, “The Call” by Mike Bowling, and “Mountain Homecoming” by the Gaithers. I didn’t get the Mike Bowling cd b/c it was worn out, but the rest of them only cost me $ 5.00. Sounds like a great buy! A few weeks ago, I found a copy of “The Best of the Happy Goodmans” on their first record label Sims Records. It only cost me a dollar! lol

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:03:49 +0000

Duane Allen once mentioned on a TV appearance from around the time he first joined that they owned both the names “Oak Ridge Quartet” and “Oak Ridge Boys,” although they go by “Oak Ridge Boys.” Their corporation is under “The Oak Ridge Boys, Inc.”

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:56:09 +0000

I believe that when Wally Fowler originally let the Oak Ridge name go, he did it in exchange for fishing gear. The second time, however, Smitty Gatlin took him to court over it.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:50:21 +0000

Thank you, everyone, for your help! I really appreciate it!

It is so nice to be part of a community that can step up and help answer some of these questions. It’s also nice to turn around and be able to help others who email in—nice to have it go both ways!

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:49:05 +0000

#15—I don’t think it’s Haskell Cooley on the cover. I don’t recognize Tracy Dartt.

By: John C

John C — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:28:43 +0000

One of the songs on the Coy Cook LP, “I Found a Savior”, was the song that the Dixie Echoes generally used when they came on stage. I always wondered why they didn’t record it on a Dixie Echoes LP.

By: John C

John C — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:24:51 +0000

I think that Steve Sanders LP is from 1968. He was a regular on the Gospel Singing Jubilee.

“Pray Pray Pray” is one of the few albums that Wally Fowler recorded with the “real” Oak Ridge Quartet. I think it was released in 1961. Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, Ron Page, and Herman Harper are singing background vocals on that album. Prior to that time, Wally made many recordings with the singers that Dean mentioned in his post.

After Wally had a falling out with the early 1960s version of the Oaks about who owned the name “Oak Ridge Quartet”, he began singing with his own version of the “Oak Ridge Quartet”. You never knew what four singers he’d pull together in one of his bogus versions of the Oaks. Several Wally Fowler LPs featured these “no name” Oaks.

See . . . arguments about the ownership of a given group’s name isn’t a new phenomenon of 2008.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:31:27 +0000

About the Weatherfords. If the album cover has Tracy Dartt and Haskell Cooley, it was from 1973, because Tracy joined in 1973, and Haskell Cooley left in 1974 to join the Cathedrals.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:04:53 +0000

Ok , Dan, I sent them.